Set size on backgroundimage with css?

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Published on 2009-08-27T14:08:01Z Indexed on 2010/03/20 2:51 UTC
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Is it possible to set the size of the backgroundimage with css?

I want to do something like:

background: url('bg.gif') top repeat-y;
background-size: 490 px;

But it seems it's totally wrong to do like that...

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